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Richard Middleton
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James Norton & Kitty Kaletsky’s Rabbit Track hires Raw TV’s head of development
James Norton and Kitty Kaletsky’s Banijay-backed prodco Rabbit Track Pictures has hired Raw TV’s Louisa…
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Creative Diversity Network CEO Deborah Williams steps down
Creative Diversity Network (CDN)’s CEO Deborah Williams is stepping down from the UK broadcaster-backed organisation….
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Avi Armoza buys back Armoza Formats from ITV Studios
Avi Armoza is buying Armoza Formats back from ITV Studios (ITVS), five years after the…
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News round-up: Dandelooo snags ‘PongPong Dino’; GoQuest options ‘Troll Farm’; Pact ‘disappointed’ by C4
Dandelooo snags PongPong Dino French animation production and distribution company Dandelooo has struck a deal…
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‘Trigger Point’ director Gilles Bannier launches Alef One in London
Trigger Point director Gilles Bannier has linked up with Nora Melhli’s Paris-based production firm Alef…
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Netflix in Poland orders UFO, cop & parent drama shows, bolsters film slate
Netflix in Poland is returning to the creators of some its recent local hits in…
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RTL 4 in Netherlands strikes first deal for Belgium’s ‘In Other News, Today’ quizzer
RTL Netherlands has become the first buyer of Belgian format In Other News, Today, with…
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Vice Media creates production unit led by Jamie Hall & Danny Gabai
Vice Media Group has reorganised its production divisions with Pulse Films’ Jamie Hall in London…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Can Netflix repeat ‘Squid Game’s success?
Squid Game‘s global success in 2021 reset the ambitions of globe-trotting drama and set new…
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Studiocanal rolls out new label to expand literary adaptations
StudioCanal has launched a new label focusing on literary adaptations. Studiocanal Stories is being rolled…
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Show of the Week: Stormy
Stormy Daniels became a household name in 2018 after news broke about a secret payment…
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Mediawan to buy Leonine as KKR-backed companies combine
French group Mediawan is to acquire a majority stake in Leonine Studios, the German producer…
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Chicken Soup for the Soul fights for survival as NASDAQ delisting letter piles on woes
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (CSSE) is fighting for survival after the company confirmed…
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Netflix orders 16-episode comedy from Leanne Morgan & Chuck Lorre
Netflix has ordered a 16-part comedy from Leanne Morgan that has been co-created by The…
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Paramount+ lands Lollapalooza music docuseries from MTV, FunMeter & C3 Presents
Paramount+ has picked up a docuseries exploring the history and impact of the Lollapalooza music…
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Group M6 tops formats buyer chart in France but total commissions decline
Group M6 distinguished itself as the biggest formats player in France last year, according to…
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UK’s Zinc Media bucks market with 34% revenue rise & highest profits in 13 years
UK-based Zinc Media Group is looking at “strategic acquisitions” after reporting a 34% rise in…
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SPT’s global scripted chief Nina Lederman to depart in June
Sony Pictures Television (SPT)’s global scripted chief Nina Lederman is leaving the company. Lederman joined…
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Spain’s Atresmedia buys Dutch drama ‘Máxima’ about queen of Netherlands
Atresmedia in Spain has picked up rights to Dutch drama Máxima, which follows the life…
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Asylum Entertainment strikes Lamont Pete & John H. Kelleher first-look pacts
LA-based Asylum Entertainment Group has bagged a first-look deal with filmmakers Lamont Pete and his…
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Wheelhouse snags Alignment investment, eyes ‘strategic acquisitions’
Brent Montgomery’s production firm Wheelhouse has received an undisclosed investment from US-based private equity firm…
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Satisfaction Iberia hires former Mediacrest exec Bruno Pena Calvo
Satisfaction Iberia has hired former Mediacrest exec Bruno Pena Calvo to lead its production unit….
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Switzerland’s RTS becomes first int’l buyer of Panenka’s ‘We’ve Got To Walk’
RTS in Switzerland has become the first international buyer of Lineup Industries’ format We’ve Got…
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UKTV’s Alibi & S4C in Wales strike first scripted deal on ‘Mudtown’
UKTV-owned Alibi has linked up with Welsh language free-to-air channel S4C for the first time…
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UK’s Channel 4 expands Voltage TV’s ‘Tempting Fortune’ as Roku drops out
Channel 4 in UK has ordered an expanded eight-part second season of Voltage TV’s format…
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Viaplay revenues rise but losses deepen, with ad service & password crackdown confirmed
Nordic streamer Viaplay has seen its subscriber number fall compared with 2023 and has confirmed…
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Peter Micelli’s Range Media eyes int’l growth after striking Liberty Global deal
Liberty Global is among companies taking a minority stake in Range Media Partners, which is…
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Sky NZ expands BBC Studios deal to take BBC First
Sky in New Zealand has struck a deal that will see BBC Studios (BBCS)’s BBC…
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Banijay Asia & Ravi Shastri’s Sporting Beyond partner for cricket content
Banijay Asia has linked up with Sporting Beyond, the prodco co-founded by India’s former cricket…
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Canada’s Bell Media snags Shark Teeth’s ‘Building Bad’, Cineflix to sell globally
Canada’s Bell Media has struck a pre-sale deal for the first season of factual engineering…